Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Judge My Playlist, Volume 3: Lovely, Lively

The vibe I was after...

Again, this little project is about just sharing a “playlist”
– one that I slapped on a CD a few years back – that I’m posting here and on
twitter to let people judge it, love it, deconstruct it, tell me where I went
wrong, etc.

I titled this week’s selection Lovely, Lively. I went mostly,
if not entirely, up-tempo and the songs trucked broadly in the giddiness of infatuation
– though I definitely squeezed in a song or two, just because they kept up with
the pace. Or talked about love, generally. Those are some personal favorites (see, "F.I.D.O"). If you do listen to this one, it shouldn't take you long to pick up a little "mission creep."

Then again, some songs made the cut because I wanted to get,
say, a couple old Green Day songs onto a CD before I forgot about them. That
actually applied most to the songs by The Dirtbombs and The Gories, both
projects of the great and mighty Mick Collins. Man’s a goddamn genius, I tell
you…

At any rate, the Lovely, Lively playlist is below. There was
only one song that Spotify didn’t have, and there’s a link to a Youtube video
next to that one. I also included a non-live version of The Buzzcocks “Love You
More,” because I can’t make my ears accept recorded live music no matter how
hard I try. Just doesn’t translate for me…